A Study of the Effects of a Self-Contained Program within a Special Act School on the Perceived Level of Safety

The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental study was to determine whether implementing a self-contained, no movement program, consisting of two specialized classrooms, within a special act school district that services at-risk students, increased the perceived level of safety among the instructional staff. The measurement tool was a Likert survey, disseminated prior to and after the 2012-13 school years, which asked participants to answer questions about their perceived level of safety throughout the building and the school day. The self-contained program was implemented during the 2012-13 school years. The overall mean score during the pre-test was 3.0063 (N = 23). The post-test had a mean score of 4.0505 (N = 58). The post-test respondents had a significantly higher perception of safety than did the pre-test respondents (t = -4.514, df = 26.880, p = .000). As a result of this intervention, the study suggests that the perceived level of safety increased due to the implementation of the self-contained program.

Grantor dc:publisher

Creighton University

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Tucker, Matthew

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Hawkins, Peggy L.

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright is retained by the Author. A non-exclusive distribution right is granted to Creighton University and to ProQuest following the publishing model selected above.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/47385

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:cdr.creighton.edu:10504/47385